We all know the Lakers are tanking but I don't believe the last game was one of them. It is against your cross town rival with the world and LA watching. It is sad to say that they really did try their best but their best wasn't good enough. I do have a very small soft spot for the team because they played to their potential. They are not starters and their skill set can only take them so far. We all know bringing a knife to a gun fight is not a good idea and their horrible management sat there watching them suffer like that. Our win yesterday was really a statement to the Lakers organization to wake the buck up and don't insult the Clippers with these players. They don't belong on the same court.

TheDude

03/07/2014 - 11:06 AM PST

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Today is gonna be a good day for all Clipper fans. Already had my first work encounter and didn't even have to say anything. Just a chuckle and patted old Laker fan on the back. He didn't like it.

comeONcraig

03/07/2014 - 11:07 AM PST

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on the bright for Laker fans, at least they paid to see their banners for 2 1/2 to 3 quarters.

Kerley

03/07/2014 - 11:35 AM PST

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The Lakers organization might be tanking, but all those guys are on 1 year contracts playing for a contract. They aren't bad if they're playing the D'Antoni system, but every guy is looking to score first. Some games they fall like they did against the Trail Blazers a couple of nights ago. But this team is selfish and they only care about their own stats. None of them care what position the Lakers get in the draft they won't be there for it anyways.

It's only fitting that the Lakers worse loss in franchise history comes at the hands of the team that is been called the little brother since they moved to LA.

namzug

03/07/2014 - 11:40 AM PST

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At work today a Laker fan came into a room full of other Laker fans that I was in, didn't notice I was standing by one of the computers and asked if they had seen the game last night. I just started with an almost supervillian dr. evil type laugh for about two minutes and when he realized I was in there all he could say was "f'n $h!t". It was one of the funniest things wish I could put video of that up on here.

cleepers

03/07/2014 - 12:27 PM PST

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Notice we haven't been hearing any "Battle for Los Angeles" talk lately? Because there is no battle anymore... we're even helping them out. The lakers' "tank" suffered a serious hit when they accidentally beat Portland, but Blake and DJ's "air support" rescued it. You're welcome, laker fans.

As far as this being a 'laker town', I saw a monumental shift last night when a laker home crowd were too demoralized to even boo their own team (as they always have historically), and were cheering Griffin and Jordan's dunks for their sheer entertainment value. The tide has begun to turn.

realbull17

03/07/2014 - 12:45 PM PST

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lakers fans calling ESPN710 crying about their lakers. lol.

Mistwell

03/07/2014 - 12:47 PM PST

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I love how it says "Bonus" in the bottom right corner.

jarca

03/07/2014 - 01:25 PM PST

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Any recap. I'm at work right now

clipperboy24

03/07/2014 - 01:25 PM PST

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Very good point. These injuries have actually helped our entire team develop together and get enough PT to go around. This team is looking so awesome very exciting.

Remember last offseason there were rumors about us trading Griffin & Bled for Dwight? Hahahaha that joke keeps getting funnier and funnier with age.

Also, do you remember the media and Laker fans thinking it was a bad trade for the Lakers and that they'd rather just lose Dwight then take Blake & Bled back? Classic.

pageC4

03/07/2014 - 03:16 PM PST

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lol, yeah ill have to update my signature when I get home. on a side note I was close to getting in a fight with a Lakers fan last night, and they say it isn't a rivalry

CLIPSET

03/07/2014 - 04:24 PM PST

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LOL. was he that upset???

realbull17

03/07/2014 - 04:26 PM PST

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its gonna get worst for LAL fans. phil jackson got a job offer from the knicks in the front office. he will decide next week.

puddnhead83

03/07/2014 - 04:37 PM PST

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It's only a rivalry when both teams are good

itsLuigi

03/07/2014 - 05:13 PM PST

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laker fans have no class. you don't see celtics fans bragging about 17 championships when they lose

wessleejr

03/07/2014 - 05:20 PM PST

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Anybody in the lakers fans said (again) it's an overkill? well maybe yes....overkill by the Clippers bench.

dopeneon2010

03/07/2014 - 05:49 PM PST

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"For the rest of the NBA season all Laker games should be broadcast on the History Channel

because all Laker fans talk about is the past!!!"

This made me laugh !

CP3Heliflopter

03/07/2014 - 06:17 PM PST

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It isn't a rivalry. The Lakers actually have to be competitive for it to be a rivalry. They are nothing more than an easy win and a punching bag.

clippermitch

03/07/2014 - 06:54 PM PST

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As good as the last two wins against them feel, I can't get over opening night.

If that 1 loss costs us the 3 seed or home court advantage in the 1st round, I will be pissed! We're 1 game behind Portland and Houston.

Kingkanyon

03/07/2014 - 07:03 PM PST

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Friday March 6 2014, on a Windy Nights in Southern California, Lakers Officially Died on a Statement Dunk from the Best PF in the Game, they were a great Franchise at their peak, but with the Death of their owner Came the Death of their Franchise. They now live with their fans, "on the History Chanel".

CP3Heliflopter

03/07/2014 - 07:13 PM PST

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We had lots of preventable losses. I wouldn't get hung up on it. Its not like it was a close game like some of our other losses.

Akclipps

03/07/2014 - 07:19 PM PST

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Anyone notice this awesome asian man who "took over" Jack Nicholson's seat after jack left this massacre blown out game. Lol i salute this dude "clearly clippers really took over staples center"

ClippersDA

03/07/2014 - 07:22 PM PST

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I don't know what they were thinking on opening night that was a terrible loss at the time and it's pretty embarrassing that this roster beat us

toohipcliptoslip

03/07/2014 - 07:25 PM PST

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What we saw was a bunch of D leaguers playing against one of the best teams who has an axe to grind. They played hard, really to their potential but ---. We broke that team's back and I think they can kiss it goodbye for the rest of the season.

Laker fantasy land

Kobe's contract is ridiculous. If he really cared about the team he would have signed for peanuts. How much of their cap is he eating? They shouldn't have re signed him
Kobe's presence it the only thing that will bring people to the games. Without him the stands would be empty. What a joke. I would bet that even if they gave away Laker Girls' panties the stands would be empty. Maybe they could do like in Japan. They have vending machines that sell school girls' used undies. For Real
Kobe says there's an 80% chance Pau will be back. Will Pau take a big pay cut just to be humiliated by Kobe when he can sign somewhere else for more money?
Kobe's such a jackass that no good player wants to play with him. Remember D12 never wanted to be a Laker and then Kobe berated him. "It's MY team"
Basing a team around D12 who was going to leave and Nash who was going to break down was crazy. They made a stupid gamble. I guess they hoped to rule for two years and rebuild.
As far as Stern screwing the Lakers with the CP3 deal did anybody ever read Dunleavy Sr's article about why this happened. MDSr coached both LAC and LAL and after the way Baron screwed him he probably has better feelings towards LAL. The deal was a financial disaster for the league.
Except for the name there is no reason for a good player to sign except a fat contract for three plus years
Kobe may embarrass himself He's old and had two season ending injuries. When MJ came back he was a shadow of his former self and he had knee problems. Billups and Brand were never the same after the Achilles tendon rupture.
The Lakers are according to Kerr interested in Bledsoe. Are they delusional? A choice between playing WITH Gordan or playing FOR Kobe?

ClippersDA

03/07/2014 - 07:51 PM PST

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Oh and did anyone see pau do a blake griffin impression last night when faking the pass and going straight to the hoop? Didn't look as cool

JTClipsfan

03/07/2014 - 08:02 PM PST

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Theres 7 minutes left in the 4th quarter of the bulls v. grizz game, and the clippers have still outscored both in the first half last night

Well said. As one who will be spending more and more time here -- as I have said, I am not yet a full fledged Clippers fan but I am full fledged Los Angeles fan -- I would hope you don't gloat over the demise of the Lakers. Enjoy the re-birth of the Clippers.

Because this re-birth is glorious!

LOS ANGELES Clippers -- 2013-2014 NBA Champions!

CP3Heliflopter

03/07/2014 - 08:28 PM PST

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You have to remember we had an entire new roster and coach. Not to mention at the start of the season we were like the worst defensive team in the league. Part of that was due to having a new system and part of that was playing Mullens significant minutes when he was garbage on both ends of the floor.

CP3Heliflopter

03/07/2014 - 08:29 PM PST

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comeONcraig

03/07/2014 - 08:47 PM PST

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Maybe we can take Jordan Hill off their hands next season. He's just rotting on that bench.

puddnhead83

03/07/2014 - 09:11 PM PST

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Enough of that dumb lakers history channel joke. Clipper fans are becoming worse than Lakers fans.

Kingkanyon

03/07/2014 - 10:00 PM PST

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I get you, but when all you've heard for the last year (and today and yesterday) is How many chips they have, how the Clippers will be 1st round exits like always. You can't help but make jokes about how they live in the past weather it be Their's or Ours. I can only speak for myself but as long as they keep bringing up their Team History and making jokes about us fans only existing since 2011 or The Clippers fate in the future, then I'm going to keep making jokes about it.

toohipcliptoslip

03/07/2014 - 10:40 PM PST

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What? Laker fans have treated us like foul, fetid, funky fecal matter forever. I have been pulling for the Lakers since last year when Kobe, as much as he is a jackass, left it all on the floor every night. Until we cut their hearts out they played with Laker Pride. Hats Off. I won't razz my LAL buddies for this loss. It was Godzilla vs Bambi. If we'd been healthy to could have been 70 points. Clipper fans would have never cheered if Kobe had done slam dunks as did LAL fans when BG did. I was angry at the LAL fans. I applaud the team's first quarter effort.

You will now see LAL fans coming out of the woodwork like cockroaches in the dark to be Clipper Nation and boo the Lakers. LAL fans are noted for booing their team if they don't win. WE never do that. I've told my LAL friends that I'm pulling for them because they have heart. Their answer was "I don't care. They won't win a ring"

Payback is however a female dog.

ClipsGForce

03/07/2014 - 11:15 PM PST

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Whatever man. If you're a long time Clippers fans, we have been waiting for these times. So let us be!

cleepers

03/07/2014 - 11:17 PM PST

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Laker fans have had 61 years of success to learn how to be gracious in victory... and they still haven't. Did you even talk to any of them after they took first game of the season? They couldn't contain their boners...and these are the fans of the team that has "been there before"... 16 times, as they constantly remind everyone.

Clippers fans are midway through their second year of having the superior team, so to even compare the two is asinine.

Lighten up, dude.

clipperboy24

03/07/2014 - 11:26 PM PST

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Sorry but that ain't even close to lakers fan status.

JQuick32

03/07/2014 - 11:32 PM PST

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You sound like a Laker fan troll, considering how you keep lecturing anyone who says anything bad about the Lakers.

Clipperfn4lf

03/08/2014 - 12:25 AM PST

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Wait, but feeling a false sense of superiority as a fan and person because they choose to root for the best team with one of the best players is any better? And constantly knock down a people (clippers fans) who choose a team for what they represent rather than how they play.

wessleejr

03/08/2014 - 12:31 AM PST

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It's better that way, everybody can watch history channel.

BaadMaster

03/08/2014 - 01:54 AM PST

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Bad generalization. There are many Lakers fans like me who always wanted the Clippers to win. As one who lives in Los Angeles, it seems obvious to me that the Clippers, last time I looked, had Los Angeles on their jerseys.

Granted, if it was the Lakers vs. Clippers, I rooted for the Lakers. But I have never been in the position where the Clippers were the best L.A. team.

Yes, I want the Clippers to kick LeBron off Mt. Egomore. That does not yet make me a Clippers fan, per se.

Of course, if Jim "The Inheritor" Buss continues his imitation of James Dolan of the Knicks, I will have no problem joining Clipper Nation.

Until then, I am a "fan," with a small "f."

Go Clippers!

toohipcliptoslip

03/08/2014 - 04:19 AM PST

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The few LAL fans who pull for the Clippers are as rare as hen's teeth. I've met maybe two. A huge number of LAL fans pull for winners not the LAL. As I said over the last year I complimented LAL and LAL fans scoffed and put me down. Laker fans who can pull for LAC are real BB fans who like the LAL. Those fat bald headed cholos will jump ship in a heartbeat. LAL fans here cheering when DJ and BG dunked on THEIR TEAM

Both being LA teams - Cain and Abel had the same parents as did Romulus and Remus but they didn't like each other much. Laker fans are the rudest and most classless at the games. Nothing personal. Why do they wear Kobe jerseys to a non LAL LAC game. I'd never wear a BG jersey to an LAL game. If you've never met drunk cholo LAL fans who start riots and burn cars welcome to Purple/yellow. If not hen you've not met a huge % although a minority of LAL fans. Unfortunately they'll be wearing LAC colors and still be obnoxious. I'm pulling that to be Clipper Nation you have to pass a test and have references.

BaadMaster

03/08/2014 - 05:08 AM PST

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This will be an interesting experiment. If I do switch allegiances, I will quit lakers.topbuzz and be exclusive to clippers.topbuzz. Right now I am on both boards -- and it is fascinating to see the reactions. So far, it has been neutral here -- but then again, I have made it clear I am not yet a Clippers fan. On the Lakers side, many say I am not a true fan. Maybe they are right. But it has not been said with much malice. Perhaps they know I have a point -- that Jim Buss wants a title as much as Brad Pitt wants better looks. I have made it clear that I will not go down with the Titanic.

If I do officially make the switch, then I will se the differences in the fans -- to the extent these two Topbuzz groups are representative of L.A. hoops fans in general.

No matter what, this is a kind of a "Back To The Future Part Two" upside down world. The Clippers have the stars and the Lakers have the scrubs. The Clippers have a coach who has won an NBA Title, the Lakers have a coach who never won the chip. The Clippers have a team that players like Danny Granger and Big Baby want to come to, the Lakers have a team that players flee from. The Clippers have an owner willing to spend money. The Lakers seem to have the King of Cheapness on the throne.

I do not know how this will all work out. But I do know one thing -- I want the Clippers to win it all and dethrone Mr. Mount Rushmore and bring a title to Los Angeles.

Hey, if Marcellus Wiley can be a Clippers fan, so can I. Eventually.

StrikeBack

03/08/2014 - 06:43 AM PST

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Bluesea1000

03/08/2014 - 10:34 AM PST

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I'm tire of Lakers fans saying they won 16 - no LA Lakers fans you guys won 11 Minnesota won 5 - please do not claim them